WEBVTT TINGSTOOK PLACE.THEY DO KNOW THE FEMALE VICTIMHADN'T BEEN AT WORK FOR MORETHAN A WEETHE HOUSE SITS IN A WORLDNEIGHBORHOOD IN THE 1000 BLOCKOF DAIRY ROAD IN PARKTON.INVESTIGATORS HAD NO IDEA WHATWAS GOING ON INSIDE, UNTIL THEYRECEIVED A PHONE CALL MONDAYAFTERNOON.FROM CO-WORKERS WHO WERECONCERNED ABOUT THE WOMAN WHLIVED THERE.>> SHE APPARENTLY HAD NOTRESPONDED TO WORK IN OVER AWEEK, CO-WORKERS HAD TRIED TMAKE CONTACT WITH HER BY PHONEAND SHE WAS NOT RECEIVING ANYPHONE CALLS.SO THEY CALLED POLICE AND ASKEDUS TO GO CHECK ON HER.REPORTER: INSIDE THEY FOUND THEWOMAN.49-YEAR-OLD DAWN ROWE, AND HERHUSBAND, 56-YEAR-OLD LYTTLETONROWE.BOTH DEAD, FROM GUNSHOT WOUNDS.ACCORDING TO POLICE, DETECTIVESFOUND THEM IN THE SAME ROOM OFTHE HOUSE.>> AT THIS POINT IT LOOKS LIKE AMURDER-SUICIDE, WE WILL CONTINUEOUR INVESTIGATION TO CONFIRMTHAT OF COURSE.BUT THERE'S NO REASON FOR US TOBELIEVE ANYTHING DIFFERENT ATTHIS POINT.>> I WOULD HAVE NEVER GUESSEDTHAT'S WHAT THAT WAS.REPORTER: NEIGHBOR, DANIELLECABRAL DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHINGABOUT THE COUPLE AND EXPLAINED THAT THE HOUSESARE SO SPREAD OUT, THAT THAT'SNOT UNUSUAL.>> IT'S TOO FAR DOWN IN CERTAINAREAS, DRIVEWAYS THAT GO PRETTYFAR AWAY FROM THE MAIN ROAD, ANDYOU MAY NOT KNOW PEOPLE EVEN ACOUPLE DOORS DOWN.REPORTER: POLICE SAY THATRECORDS SHOW NO HISTORY OF CALLSFOR SERVICE AT THAT ADDRESS, ANDTHE COUPLE DIDN'T HAVE ANYIMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS IN THEAREA.>> IT IS A LONG TIME, BUT THISCOUPLE DID NOT HAVE ANYCHILDREN, HER PARENTS WERE BOTHDECEASED, AND HE HAS ONE LIVINGRELATIVE WHO IS OUT OF STATE.HIS FATHER LIVES OUT OF STATE.REPORTER: INVESTIGATORS DIDN'TGIVE DETAILS ABOUT WHERE THEROWE'S WERE FOUND IN THE HOME.OR SPECIFICS ABOUT THE GUN.THEY'RE STILL WAITING FORAUTOPSY RESULTS.LIVE IN TOWSON, KAI REED, WBAL

A man and a woman were found dead Monday in their Parkton home after the woman was absent from work for more than a week, Baltimore County police said.

Dawn Longo Rowe, 49, and her husband, Lyttelton Wadell Rowe, 56, were found dead of gunshot wounds Monday afternoon after police were sent to the 1000 block of Dairy Road to check on the woman’s well-being.

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"She apparently had not responded to work in over a week. Co-workers had tried to make contact her by phone and she wasn't receiving any phone calls, so they called police and asked us to go check on her," Baltimore County police Officer Jennifer Peach said.

Detectives found the couple in the same room of the house, according to police.

"At this point, it looks like a murder-suicide. We will continue our investigation to confirm that of course, but there's no reason for us to believe anything different at this point," Peach said.

"I would have never guessed that's what it was," neighbor Danielle Cabral said.

Cabral said she didn't know anything about the couple and explained that the houses are so spread out that that's not unusual.

"It's too far down. In certain areas you have driveways that go pretty far away from the main road, and you may not know people even a couple doors down," Cabral said.

Police said that records show no history of calls for service at that address, and the couple didn't have any immediate family members in the area.

"It is a long time, but this couple did not have any children. Her parents were both deceased, and he has one living relative who's out of state. His father lives out of state," Peach said.

Investigators didn't give details about where the Rowes were found in the home or specifics about the gun. They're still waiting for autopsy results.